WFHB Local News Features

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:36 — 5.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGiving more families access to temporary assistance is just one of several legislative priorities of the Indiana Institute for Working Families. In today’s community report, Institute Director Jessica Fraser talks with WFHB’s Sarah Vaughan about some of the institute’s 2018 focus issues.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:16 — 6.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs our cities and summers grow hotter due to climate change, our most vulnerable residents become even more at risk. Dana Habeeb is a trained architect and urban designer who’s delving into the effects of heat and certain illnesses together, and how this mixture may become more …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:13 — 5.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreTonight, for the first time, the four Democratic candidates for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District will meet publicly, in a forum held by the non-profit political group Hoosier Action.  Democratic hopefuls Dan Canon, Liz Watson, Brandon Hood, and Rob Chatlos will debate public concerns raised by members of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:07 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put Indiana’s 9th Congressional District on a shortlist of races to watch in 2018. WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Indiana Democratic Party Communications Director Phil Johnson about what that may mean for Democratic candidates next year.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:49 — 8.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDave Seastrom of the Indiana Forest Alliance says last week’s sale of more than 1700 trees in Yellowwood State Forest isn’t the end for environmental activists. The IFA is now mounting a campaign to encourage Governor Eric Holcomb to nullify the sale of timber in the Forest. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:17 — 6.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreTheresa Ochoa considers herself lucky — she gets to work with imprisoned kids, some of whom are well on their way to becoming hardened criminals. She’s an Associate Professor of Special Education at Indiana University and has founded HOPE, a program matching undergraduate college students as mentors, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:24 — 8.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast night’s Bloomington City Council meeting became heated, as city Planning Director Terri Porter accused a council member of abusing their authority while reviewing the city’s proposed comprehensive plan. Porter accused City Council member Chris Sturbaum of fear mongering when it comes to housing density. Last night’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:09 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter the City of Bloomington’s Safety, Civility, and Justice Task Force came to the conclusion more homeless people were in the city’s downtown during the Shalom Community Center’s off-hours, the city pledged over twenty-thousand dollars to keep Shalom open on the weekends. The city also asked for …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:31 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFierce storms battered southern Monroe and northern Lawrence counties yesterday afternoon before becoming tornadoes in central Indiana. The Lawrence County Sheriff warned residents of a gas leak along Gas Line Rd. through its Facebook page. The sheriff set up a temporary command center at Springville Elementary School …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:01 — 6.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreJohn Armstrong and Zachary Spicer were friends when they were students at Indiana University. Years later they reconnected in New York and decided to start their own film production company. Their first movie, “The Good Catholic,” is now out on DVD and BluRay and will be available …